On Dec. 29, the date the MOA board adopted its 2010 budget, Rigney said the board held an open meeting for members to bring up concerns and ask questions. She said during the course of the open meeting there had been no discussion about the failure of the dues increase request.

Lyddy said it is the responsibility of the board to reign in expenditures — specifically by reducing costs by cutting back on staff at the restaurant and golf course.

It is Pagelsâ€™ contention the associationâ€™s golf course, the Pines, and its restaurant, Inn the Woods, are currently running at a deficit and that the two are currently unfairly being supported through MOA membership dues. Pagels has suggested the association lease the golf course and restaurant to a third party, taking the burden off MOA members to subsidize the two.

Pagels announced last week his intention to begin a petition drive to allow a recall vote of the current board and to force the board to put a proposal to the membership to vote on a dues decrease of $100.